Today in History

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Coretta Scott King, center, widow of assassinated civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., is surrounded by members of the Poor People’s Campaign, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, May 30, 1968 after a heavy thunderstorm canceled a concert. Mrs. King was scheduled to speak at the event. Washington’s Mayor Walter Washington is at left of Mrs. King and at right is the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, leader of the Poor People’s Campaign.

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